Kay Swift

Kay Swift was an American composer and songwriter (1897–1993). She was born at Manhattan and died at Southington.

Also recorded as Katharine Faulkner "Kay" Swift; Katherine Swift; Kay Swift.

Kay Swift in brief

Born
1897
Died
1993
Known for
composer and songwriter
Place of birth
Manhattan
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Identity and origins

Kay Swift was recorded at birth as Katharine Faulkner Swift. The authorities additionally record the headings Katharine Faulkner "Kay" Swift, Katherine Swift and Kay Swift.

She was the child of Samuel Swift and Ellen Mary Faulkner. She married James Warburg. One child is recorded: Andrea Warburg.

Identity

What the record establishes about Kay Swift.

Global scientific practice in an age of revolutions, 1750-1850 / edited by Patrick Manning & Daniel Rood. is dated [2016] and held by Wellcome Collection. Kay Swift is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Kay Swift is recorded at birth as Katharine Faulkner Swift. Kay Swift is recorded as composer and songwriter. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

What Kay Swift produced.

Harbor at Port-au-Basques, Newfoundland is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1933.468). The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 2 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 3 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this heading.

Holdings and surviving copies

The Art Institute of Chicago records 1 object associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 4 objects associated with this heading. Paris '90 (1952) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Kay Swift may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Kay Swift is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q469546.

Catalogued works

7 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection.

Can't We Be Friends? Fine and Dandy. Cornelia Otis Skinner in her new solo production Paris '90. Paris '90. Who could ask for anything more! Harbor at Port-au-Basques, Newfoundland, dated n.d., watercolor with graphite and traces of scraping on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1933.468. Global scientific practice in an age of revolutions, 1750-1850 / edited by Patrick Manning & Daniel Rood., dated [2016], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Swift, Kay, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Swift, Kay (19 April 1897–28 January 1993), composer, lyricist, and songwriter, American National Biography Online, 2000. Swift, Kay., Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical, 2016.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1046147862). Those registers additionally record the forms Kay Swift Nachlass, Kay Swift papers and Nachlass Swift.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1897Kay Swift born at Manhattan.
  2. 1897Kay Swift was born in 1897 at Manhattan.
  3. 1933Harbor at Port-au-Basques, Newfoundland is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1933.468).
  4. 1952Paris '90 (1952) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  5. 1993Kay Swift died at Southington.
  6. 1993Kay Swift died in 1993 at Southington.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Musical Works by Kay Swift, Fine and Dandy, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Kay Swift (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Swift, Kay (19 April 1897–28 January 1993), composer, lyricist, and songwriter, American National Biography Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Swift, Kay, Oxford Music Online, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Swift, Kay., Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    “Kay Swift”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  7. 7.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1046147862, Nachlass Kay Swift.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 4 digitised items catalogued under Kay Swift as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Kay Swift.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 4 works naming Kay Swift.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q469546: Kay Swift

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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